Titanium Road+ by Waltly

[amsp79]

Hello everyone!

I'm new to the forum, though I've been a long time lurker. Thought I'd introduce myself by showing off my recent build. Not a weight weenie by any measure, but it's my dream bike for sure and one I've been planning and working on for quite some time. I've had it for a few weeks now and been having an absolute blast! It rides like a dream and surpassed all my expectations by far. Hope you like it, cheers!

Component list:

Waltly Road+ frame - 2100g
Zipp 303 Firecrest - 1352g
Rene Herse Steilacoom - 890g
Enve Gravel Fork - 520g
Enve SES AR Handlebar - 248g
Enve Road Stem - 129g
Enve Seatpost - 204g
Hope Seat Clamp - 20g
Enve Road Stem Combo Mount - 60g
Fizik Antares R1 - 160g
Chris King i7 Headset - 172g
C-bear Bottom Bracket - 170g
Look Keo 2 Max Carbon - 250g
Silca bartape - 100g
Arundel Mandible x2 - 50g
Sram Force AXS Etap groupset - 2700g
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Weight: 9125g

[Marin]

Nice! What's the tire clearance?

[amsp79]

Cheers! I'd say 700C/42mm comfortably and much larger with 650b wheels.

[Saffronspokes]

Nice, I love my Waltly too (below). What finish do Waltly call that?

[amsp79]

Thanks! They just call the finish blasted.

[jch3n]

Sweeeet. How did you decide on the geometry and tubing sizes?

[Marin]

Nice, I love my Waltly too (below). What finish do Waltly call that?

Really nice! What fork is that? Can you tell me how much clearance it has? Thanks!

[amsp79]

Sweeeet. How did you decide on the geometry and tubing sizes?

Thanks! I started with the geometry of my road bike at the time and made the changes I needed for a better fit and to allow for larger tires. Pretty minor changes really but they made a huge difference and now the bike really fits like a glove, allows me to ride gravel but without loosing that fast and lively feel on the road. As for tubes I just let Waltly decide that based on my weight.

[Saffronspokes]

Nice, I love my Waltly too (below). What finish do Waltly call that?

Really nice! What fork is that? Can you tell me how much clearance it has? Thanks!

It's from Carbonda, it's one of their gravel forks. Fantastic for the money, not sure on max clearance but 700x45 easily.

[amsp79]

Here she is in Road / Bikepacking mode, with the new Zipp 404 Firecrest. Did 400km over four days and had an absolute blast!

[jbaillie]

Looks like you swapped pedals - what are you using in this setup?

[synthesis]

That is "normal" weight for a Road+/Cross bike in Carbon. Just sold this that weighed 9040g as in pic.

And that had carbon everything, barstem, seatpost, di2, Quarq etc.

[amsp79]

Looks like you swapped pedals - what are you using in this setup?

I switched to MTB shoes a while back and these are Shimano PD-ES600 pedals, but they are only temporary till I get my LOOK Pedals X-Track Race Carbon Ti at the end of this month.